All changes of place in the Bible represent changes in spiritual state. “Entering” – usually used as entering someone’s house or “going in unto” someone – particularly means adopting a spiritual state that is compatible with someone else in order to communicate with them or be conjoined with them. This is easily seen in the fact that a man “going in unto” a woman is sort of a Biblical euphemism for a physical relationship. In a broader sense, all the spiritual changes we go through in our lives involve “entering” and “leaving,” so when the Bible uses the phrasing “going in and coming out,” it symbolizes someone’s entire spiritual life.

To enter, as in Genesis 7:1, signifies to be prepared.

6901. 'And you and the elders of Israel are to go in to the king of Egypt' means a communicating to those who are steeped in falsities and engage in molestation. This is clear from the meaning of 'going in to' as a communicating to, for in the spiritual sense 'going in to' is communicating one's thought to another; from the representation of 'Moses' as the law from God, dealt with in 6827; from the meaning of 'the elders' as those with intelligence, dealt with in 6524, 6525, 6890; and from the representation of Pharaoh or 'the king of Egypt' as falsity molesting the Church's truths, dealt with in 6651, 6679, 6683. From all this it is evident that 'you and the elders of Israel are to go in to the king of Egypt' means the communication of such truths as belong to the law from God, and belong to intelligence acquired from that source, to those who are steeped in falsities and engage in molestation.